Answer to this week's riddle
Travis Hale Again, the riddle:
What is (mathematically) interesting about the following poem:
"Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling In mystic force, and magic spelling Celestial sprites elucidate All my own striving can't relate." Answer: It's a pi-mnemonic, with each the number of letters in each word representing a digit of pi. Source: Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities by Ian Stewart
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